We recently received a shout out from the guys at Evolo!
The winners for their 09 Skyscraper competition have been announced, and we will feature an article for all three winners, and the special mentions over the next few weeks. You can check out the article we posted on the 08 competition here!

The winners of the Evlolo 09 Skyscaper Competition are;

1st place United States
Team 0628: Kyu Ho Chun, Kenta Fukunishi, JaeYoung Lee

2nd place France
Team 0316: Nicola Marchi, Adelaïde Marchi, Federico Kraus, Chen Xi,
Emiko Boun Xun

3rd place United States
Team 0564: Eric Vergne

1st place - 09 Skyscraper Competition
Kyu Ho Chun - Kenta Fukunishi - JaeYoung Lee

Location: Journal Square, Jersey City
Project Scope: Structural engineering Architecture
Project Type: High-rise building with transportation hub and reservoir

Due to various human activities and overwhelming usage of natural resources, pollution level drastically increased in 21st century. In the year of 2050, EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) declares that it is not safe to breathe in outdoor air without proper filtering aid device. A group of Architects, Engineers, Scientists and Developers started to collaborate to find more desirable solution in contaminated outdoor air condition. The primary solution is called ‘NEO ARC', the green architecture.

The NEO ARC incorporates mixed-use residential and commercial space with a major transportation hub. It integrates green technologies such as, solar panels that produce electricity, rain water collection that is filtered by plants and soils and then generates oxygen and hydrogen. Hyper performance Facade channels rain water into designated rain water storage, where ultraviolet light filament-powered by thin film photovoltaic on the surface--purifies the water.

The façade of the building is a hyper-efficient and rigorous structure that provides thermal mass for insulation and shade for residents. The building typology is a continuous landscape being extruded and responded to an adaptation of the environment. Spaces of the building are generated by the deformed surfaces that play an important role in providing an optimizing shelter for both nature and human beings. In-filled soils and water in the space will filter the rain water and offer the inhabitable ground to people. Purified water is delivered and stored in designated water storage in different level for daily use as well as the water reservoir that located at very bottom of the building. Stored water inside of building not only contributes to the performance of building but also becomes important resources to produce clean air, hydrogen gas and potable water in 2050.

In water storages, water molecules are decomposed into Oxygen and Hydrogen by electrolysis of water. In 2050, petroleum is depleted and Hydrogen technology is expanded to all types of transportation. Decomposed hydrogen from water will be used for public transportation such as train, bus and private cars owned by residents. Moreover, it will be delivered with Oxygen through cavity cable embedded in train tracks to Manhattan. Eventually NEO ARC becomes a lung for the city that provides clean air and resources.

Neo Arc has different level of intensity changes of façade. As the level of intensity increase, spaces behind façade also change from public spaces to private spaces. The scale change of tessellation of triangulation is responded to the intensification of façade as well as major and minor structure, water channeling, and glazing systems. Residential and office space is the most private space where ecological life between people and nature are provided. Cultural space is for the social network and interactions in between neighbors and community members.